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we: Tit IL 11 MANS .Volume XX. Number 23. HS'CIBrS. iizrio Amid pomp and ceremony dating back nine hundred yean, Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of England in ser vices conducted in famed Westminis ter Abbey last Tuesday. Only 7,50 persons could witness the ceremony in the Abbey, but millions the world over, watched the historic event via televis ion. Britishers the world over cele brated the coronation ' as Elizabeth pledged to devote her life to the ser vices of her people. President Rhee, -of Korea, who last week opposed any truce which does not unite the north and south por tion of the country has announced he will not oppose any program or plan for peace adopted by UN. Rhee's change of attitude is expected to be helpful in the truce negotiations, sched uled to reopen next Monday. Pros pects for a truce do not appear bright but UN officials continue hopeful. , Damage estimated at nearly three million dollars resulted from hail which fell in Halifax, Bertie and Northhampton counties last Monday. A total of 68,000 acres of cotton were hopelessly damaged in Northampton. In- Bertie, it was reported 200,000 acres of cotton, 800 acres of corn and 4,000 acres of tobacco suffered dam age to varied degrees. TovnofWinfellTo Hold Election On Saturday, ry, June 13th A Mayor and Board of Commission ers for the Town of Winfall will be chosen in an election, to be held Sat urday, June IV it was reported to day. Candidates for the offices are: Mayor, Nathan Matthews; for Com missioners, Fred Winslow, D. L, Bar be and D. R. Trueblood. The first three candidates are seeking reelection uivuu us a new onauure ror we oi fice of commissioner. ' Registration books for the election are now open, , and will be open through Saturday, June 6. The polling place ror tne election will be the com munity House in Winfall and the polls will be open from 6:30 A. M., until 6:30 P.M. ' Mrs. Betty Swindell ii , V The Perquimans Business and Pro fessional Women's Club held its reg ular dinner meeting at Hotel Hertford Thursday night, May 28, when Mrs. Claire H. Murray presided in the ab sence of the president. Mrs. Emily T. Harrell presented the - following slate of new off icers which were elected: President, Mrs. Betty T. Swindell; vice president, Mrs.. Alice M. To we; recording secretary, Mrs. : Grace M. Cos ton; corresponding sec , retary,; Mrs. Essie H. Burbage, and ,' treasurer, Mrs. Emily T. Harrell. Mrs. Viola D. Nachman and Mrs. Sallie M. Lane were elected delegates to represent the club at the State . Convention to be held at Mayview Manor in Blowing Rock June 4-7. Mrs. Essie H. Burbage will serve as a page, and Mrs. Alice M. Towe will repre sent the district when she will serve on the State Nominating Committee. ' Miss Thelma Elliott was parliamen tarian. , .- . Mrs. Claire H. Murray rendered a - solo with Mrs. Dora T. Riddick ac companist. Final plans were complet ed for the float for Miss Perquim ans" which the club sponsored in the Albemarle Potato Festival Parade in ' Elizabeth City. i ; Av- Mrs. Pickett A. Sumner assisted Mrs. Grace Morris, supper chairman,! j 1 in the flower arrangements and place cards. Mrs. Nettie Lee Caravello will be hostess to the June meeting at her home on the Hertford-Edenton High way, when it will meet on the fourth Friday night, June 26. ... Taking Applications For Wheat Allotment ; : Farmers on land .on which no wheat was seeded for any of the years 1951, 1952 and 1953 may apply for a 1954 wheat acreage allotment, according to Milton Dail, Chairman of the County Production and Marketing Administra tion Committee To be considered for an allotment on a farm which had no wheat seeded for any of those years, the farmer must apply in writing to his county, PMA committee by June 80, 1JI53. Blank application forms are avail able nt the county PMA office for use in filing jequests for allotments. '., Hertford, Perquimans County, North Pcirlmais In&is G?.3 For Glass A Rock Springs Club Wins First and Third Con tests For Fir st Honors The Perquimans Indians finished in the runners-up spot for the 1953 Class A baseball championship when Rock Springs won the third and final game in the series here last Saturday night The score of the final game was 8-7. Fans were treated to a thrilling series, . deciding the state title, the final game being a 13-inning affair, which saw Rock Springs take an early lead to be overcome by the Indians who in turn lost the lead and the title to the visitors from Lincoln County. 'More than 3,000 fans turned out to witness the three games played here to decide the Class A championship, and many stayed late Saturday night to watch the Rock Springs team re ceiving the winning trophy while the Indians were awarded a trophy as runners-up. , Perquimans dropped the opening game in the series 8 to 5, after lead ing Rock Springs through the first IVi innings. Eight errors, commit ted by the Indians aided Rock Springs to win the first contest, The Indians scored one run in the Second, three in the fourth and one more in the sixth to lead the visitors five to noth ing. Rock Springs tallied a run in the seventh and had a field day in the eighth, scoring seven runs, which decided the game. White, pitching for Perquimans, gave up seven hits, walk ed five and struck out 11 batters. Barker, Rock Springs pitcher, gave up six hits, walked eight and struck out thirteen.: . Perquimans came back strong in the second game, on Friday night, win ning the contest by a score of 9 to 4, after Rock Springs had gained a 4 to one lead going into' the fifth inning. The Indians, taking advantage of er rors committed by Rock Springsand several walks, scored a total of six runs and added two more in the eighth, which sewed up the contest. Paul Mathews held the visitors under 1c$hro4)riRnJ;.ahwr,'He al ts, waiKea tnree ana struck out eight batters. Little start ed on the mound for Rock Springs but was relieved in the fifth inning. He gave up three hits, walked five and struck out five batters. Barker, who relieved Little walked four, struck out four and gave up three hits. With the series all-even at one-one, the two teams played Saturday night for the championship. Vernon White started on the mound for Perquimans and Collinger got the nod as pitcher f 6r Rock Springs. The visitors tallied 'two runs in the fourth and one in i the fifth to hold a three-nothing lead. iPerauimans scored one 'in the sixth and three in the seventh to take a 4-3 i ieaa, out kock springs tiea tne count in the seventh. Perquimans collected three more runs in the eighth and it looked like the Indians had the game and title sewed up, but Rock Springs came back to score one in the eighth and two in the ninth to knot the count. Paul Matthews relieved White as In dian pitcher in the 10th and neither team was able to score until the 13th inning. Rock Springs got a runner on by a.walk and he advanced to third and scored on a single to break the 1 tie and win the title for Rock Springs. Yrri n . 1 i. . j - nm! BtrucK out six, wtuitea iour and gave up eight .hits. Matthews walked two allowed one hit and struck out four. Three pitchers for Rock Springs allowed 10 hits, walked six and struck out six. , - , The baseball series played here was a fine sporting event ,and the spirit of competition displayed by the two teams was excellent. The Rock Springs team and its coaches, quartered here since Wednesday night, were high in their praise for the fine treatment re ceived while visiting in this communi ty. ' County Residents Win Festival Awards Three Perquimans County residents, Mrs. Ned Nixon of Route 2, Mrs. Joe Towe White of Route 1, and Mrs. Frank Ward won ton honors in con tests conducted in connection with the Potato Festival in Elizabeth City last Saturday. Mrs. Nixon was declared first place I winner for submitting the best potato recipe, Mrs. White won first prize in the potato bag contest and Mrs. Ward was first in the street wear contest Miss Annette Proctor represented the County as Miss Perquimans. The float carrying Miss Proctor in the parade was sponsored by the .BPW Club, end portrayed the Perquimans River. Others riding on the float in cluded -Miss Suzanne Towe, Miss 'Ann Burke Chappell, Miss Nonie .Lou Lane, Misses Ann Myers, Maragret Ann Banks, Annie Lou Lane, Kay. White Stanton and Jill Miller. ' . . "' MASONS TO MEET The Perquimans Masonic Lodge, No. 106, A. F, & A. M., will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. Oofeaiod lit Find State Basetrc!! Title Measuring Of Peanut Acreage Started Here 5 Miss Helene Nixon, PMA Secretary for Perquimans County, reports that peanut compliance is getting under way in the county with reporters al ready in the field. . Peanut allotments cover 3,740 acres on 607 farms in the county. Each farm with an allotment will be visited by a reporter for the purpose of meas uring the peanut acreages. This check which is handled in connection with the price support program is scheduled to be completed by June 30. Farmers are requested to check with the report er as to the measurement of all fields of peanuts on a farm. Action On Hiring New County Agent The Board of County Commission ers for Perquimans County, meeting in rgular session last Monday, tabled ac tion, until a later meeting, regard ing the employment of a county agent, to succeed I. C. Yagel, who resigned the position last month. " Two applicants for the post, Archie Martin, asistant agent for Columbus County and Bob Marsh, assistant agent for Chowan County, appeared before the Commissioners seeking the appointment. After discussing the opening with the applicants and the Extension Supervisor for this district the Board tabled the matter until a later date. Chairman Archie Lane questioned the supervisor regarding the possibili ties of securing E. L. Topping, form er assistant agent here, to fill the po sition, but he was advised Topping had made no application for the post, and the State Extension Office deem drit was not advisable' to return' Him to this field. Commissioner William C. Chappell then asked if the State officials Would meet and listen to a petition of a number of county farm ers, interested in seeing Topping named to the position. He was advis ed the officials would do this if it were requested. ' Other matters handled by the Board during the meeting included the ap pointment of Mrs. C. C. Banks as as sistant to the clerk of the Recorder's Court. Her services to be paid for by the Clerk. Mrs. Kathryn Biggers was appoint ed as a member' of the Perquimans County Library Board for a term of six years. Approval was voted to earmark the sum of $6,000 to be used to install a central heating system in the Court House and Jail. Chairman Lane was authorized to secure bids for this project:-. ' The Board also authorized the pur chase of a sink and used electric range for the purpose of installing a kitch en in the office' of the Negro Home Agent : -J- A budget for the Board of Educa tion, for the coming fiscal year, was presented by J. T. Biggers, School Su perintendent, and this was approved by the Commissioners. ; Or.VACSfricklznd CHS Finds Speaker ' Graduation exercises Friday night at Chowan High School brought to an end the school term when 16 members of. the graduating class received -their diplomas. Dr. W. C. Strickland of the South eastern Theological Seminary was the principal speaker for the occasion. Those receiving diplomas were: Julia Leary, Marjorie Davidson, Norma Jane Harrell, Tommy Hollo- well, Melvin Howell, Sherlon Layton, Douglas Leary, Sarah Morris, Dearl Parks, Shirley Parks, Stanford Per ry, Rufus Smithson, Jr., Carolyn Wig gins, Clyde Williams, Kermit Williams and Marguerite Wilson. Delinquent Taxes To Be Advertised July 1 Real property in Perquimans Coun ty upon which 1 1952 taxes have not been paid, will be advertised by Sher iff M. G. Owens on July 1, and sold at the jGourt' House door in Hertford on Muiiday, August 4. The actidn was ordered by the Board of County Com missioners' at its Ineeting in May., . ':.---,ri: mi ' , i i BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT - Mr. and Mrs, W B. Yearns of Wake Forest announce the birth of, a .son, Ivie Ward, born .Tuesday, .May, 26th. Mrs, Yearns, before her marriage, was Mias Marguerite Ward. County BoardTables Carolina, Friday, June 5, 1953. Ten Cases Heard By Recorder's Judge Here Last Tuesday Defendant Is Fined For Contempt Of J. P. Court Ruling Ten cases were disposed of in Per quimans Recorder's Court, during the session held Tuesday morning. One defendant, Clarence White of Virginia, charged with driving without a license, failed to appear m court and his bond was ordered forfeited. Mildred Burton, Negro, charged with disposing of mortgaged property, was found in contempt of a Justice of Peace Court, and she was ordered to pay a fine of $10 and costs on this verdict and to pay an amount due on property she had purchased from a transient merchant James Harrell, Negro, charged with driving drunk, was found guilty. He was ordered to pay a fine of $150 and costs and the sum of $75 to W. W. White, whose property Harrell alleg edly damaged last Friday night, when Harrell's car overturned in front of the home of Mr. White. Harrell's attorney, W. G. Edwards, noted an ap peal to Superior Court Edgar Lawton, Jr., paid a fine of $10 and costs of court after pleading guilty to a charge of speeding. Costs of court were taxed against Ira Williams, who submitted to a charge of driving a truck which e ceeded the height limit Arthur Everett, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to charges of driving without a license. He was fined $25 and costs. Coats of court were assessed against Joseph Spruill, Negro, charged With driving without lights. Ernest White, Negro, was fined $2 and costs after pleading guilty to a charge of being drunk. James Felton, Negro, paid a fine of $5 and costs after submitting to. a charge of being drunk on the streets of Hertford. . Install Officers Members of the Hertford Junior Chamber of Commerce observed their annual Ladies' Night, and installa tion of new officers at a dinner party held Wednesday night at the Hotel Hertford. I Special guests included wives and sweethearts of the Jaycees, and visit ing Jaycees from Elizabeth City. Ed gar Gurganus, Jaycee vice president of the 10th District, was the guest speaker for the occasion, and he also served as officer in charge of the in stallation of local officers. Henry C. Stokes, Jr., was installed as new president of the organization, succeeding George Fields in this post. Other officers installed were Francis Nixon, vice president; Jarvis Henry, secretary; John Beers, treasurer, and D. F. Reed, Jr., Marion Swindell and George Fields, directors. A dance, held at the VFW hall, was enjoyed by the Jaycees and their guests, following the program at the Hotel. Clinic Friday Last Until Next September The Northeastern Cancer Clinic will hold its last clinic, until September on Friday, June 5, in Elizabeth City, at the Health Center with registration beginning at 1:00. A free examina tion will be given to anyone who at tends of the five areas of the body where cancer is most easily found and cured. ' Women should be 35 or more; men should be 40 or over unless referred by a doctor, or unless you have one of the "Seven Danger Signals" or "Symptoms''.' No appointment is nec essary but a priority may be secured by writing the Cancer Center, Eliza beth City, for one. Please bring a robe or housecoat with you. Outboard Motor Race's Scheduled Here Sunday The first of a series of outboard mo tor races to be held at Hertford Beach during the coming season will be con ducted Sunday afternoon, June 7, it was reported today by Jake Matthews, owner of the beach. . Eleven races, made up of five classes, are scheduled for Sunday's event and prizes will be awarded winners of 1st, 2nd and 3rd placet .w.iiv'W- ' A i A special race for fishing boats only,. driven by county drivers, is also planned for the opening program, and local boat owners may enter this event by contacting Mr. Matthews. The beach will be under the man agement of D. R. Matthews during the coming season. Hertford Jaycees Budget Considered At Meeting; Lower Service Of ficer Handled 1,376 Calls A report filed with the Board of County Commissioners, this week, by C. C. Banks, Perquimans County Vet eran Service Officer, revealed the of fice handled a total of 1,376 calls dur ing the past year. According to the report the service officer received 267 letters, mailed 332, made 49 telephone calls, 39 field trips, had 182 interviews, assisted 26 on-job training applicants, had 83 in quiries about compensation and pen sions, 72 queries on insurance, 63 on hospitalization, 48 on farming train ing, 16 on burial benefits and 116 of a miscellaneous nature. 28th Annual Meeting American Red Cross Scheduled June 22-24 Several thousand delegates from all parts of the nation will meet in Wash ington June 22-24 for the 28th annual convention of the American National Red Cross the first to be held in the nation's capital since 1941. With "Answering the Call" as its theme, the convention proper will be gin with a plenary session in Consti tution Hall the morning of June 22. After the procession of the color guard and some 200 volunteers from chapters in the District of Columbia metropolitan area, E. Roland Harri man, national Red Cross president, will make his annual report to the delegates. Because the convention this year will emphasize close-up panel discus sions of Red Cross services, general meetings will be confined to two, be sides the opening and closing plenary sessions. Monday night the subiect, "What Is the Call the Needs of the Civilian and Military Communiti will be discussed by two outstanding speakers, one representing the local community", the other the federal civil government and the armed forces. Tuesday afternoon, Livingston L. Blair, national director of the Ameri can Junior Red Cross, will report on the national and international Junior Red Cross program. The annual Jun ior Red Cross banquet will be held that night. No separate Junior Red Cross section of the convention will be held this year, since junior members will participate fully in all other conven tion sessions. The annual board of governors re ception will be held Tuesday afternoon at the National Gallery of Art. The closing plenary session of the convention will be held Wednesday af ternoon, and the final meeting, for which the program is now in prepa ration, will be held Wednesday night. Softball League Opened This Week Four civic organizations, Winfall Ruritans, Hertford Lions, VFW and Jaycees, compose the Softball league which . began operations here this week. " Games will be played on Wednesday and Thursdays of each week, with the season running through August 20. All games will be played on the Jay cee playground, it was announced. The schedule for the season was released by George Fields as follows: June 10, VFW vs. Winfall; June 11, Lions vs. Jaycees; June 17, Lions vs. Ruritans; June 18, VFW vs. Jaycees; June 24, VFW vs. Lions; June 25, Jay cees vs. Ruritans; July 1, Ruritans vs. VFW; July 2, Jaycees vs. Lions; July 8, Ruritans vs. Lions; July 9, VFW vs. Jaycees; July 15, Lions vs. VFW; July 16, Jaycees vs. Ruritans; July 22, VFW vs. Ruritans; July 23, Lions vs. Jaycees; July 29, Lions vs. Ruri tans; July 30, Jaycees vs. VFW; Au gust 6, VFW vs. Lions; August 6, Jay cees vs. Ruritans; August 12. VFW vs. Ruritans; August 13, Lions vs. Jay cees; August 19, Ruritans vs. Lions; August 20, VFW vs. Jayces. Rabies Inspector Warns Dog Owners G. C. Buck, County Rabies Inspec tor, today issued a warning to all dog owners, who have not had their dogs vaccinated as required by law. The inspector stated this will be the last warning issued before the inspection and check-up begins. He urges dog owners to bring dogs to his residence any night this week between the hours of seven and nine. , V , ; TO FETE BASEBALL TEAM The Hertford Rotary Club will en tertain Perquimans Indians baseball team 'Tuesday evening at the Hotel Hertford at 6:30 o'clock. 5 Cents Per Copy By Commissioners Tax Rate Indicated Proposed Expenditures Amount To $229,000 For Coming . Year Items pertaining to the county bud get for the fiscal year beginning July 1, were taken under consideration at the regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners held here last Monday. Budget proposals made to the Board indicated the overall appropriations for 1953-1954 will be about $230,000 which will permit a reduction in the county tax rate from $1.80 to $1.70. Some changes in the tax levy, for var ious county funds, were indicated by the proposed budget, but it is expect ed a reduction in the tax rate will be effected when the budget is adopted at the Board's July meeting and the official tax rate is set. The proposed budget for the county for the next fiscal year will be pub lished on June 12 and will be adopted by the Board at the regular July meet ing. The official tax rate will also be adopted at that time. Largest single item in the proposed budget calls for the payment of $24, 000 in county bonds, plus $16,577.50 for interest charges. Sixteen thous and of the principal amount repre sents retirement of county road bonds and $8,000 represents retirement of county school bonds issued two years ago. The proposed budget calls for few changes in appropriations for the gen eral county fund, which includes op erations of county offices, Court House and jail, the Courts, Health De partment, Conseravtion and Develop ment, Extension Service, Library and Veterans Service Office. The total proposed outlay for all departments amount to $52,359. A total outlay of $9,000 is proposed for the Poor Fund, which includes the operation of the County Home, Aid to Totally and Permanently Disabled and children '8 boarding home. The county school fund will operate on- practically-the same budget as during the past fiscal year, with to tal expenditures estimated at $46,148 Approximately $12,000 was cut from the new budget for the County Wel fare Department. The budget for Old Age Assistance was reduced by about $10,000, while the proposed appropria tions for Aid to Dependent Children will be about $2,000 less than last year. 61 Pints of Blood Contributed To Red Cross Program Here In its first visit to this county in almost a year, the Red Cross blood- mobile received 61 pints of blood from the county residents, to be used for the Perquimans Blood Bank, and for the Armed Forces in Korea, it was reported by Jarvis Henry, chairman of the Jaycee Committee sponsoring the program. While the results secured here did not meet the county's quota of 150 pints of blood, the Jaycee commit tee, and the Red Cross officials ap peared gratified that 65N donors ap peared to contribute blood; four of these volunteers were rejected and the other 61 contributed blood. Mr. Henry announced the Jaycee committee will seek a new schedule for bloodmobile visits to Perquimans. The committee desires to schedule the visits during late winter and summer as it believes ' more volunteers will have spare time enough to visit the bloodmobile headquarters, when they are less busy on farms. The Jaycee committee expressed its appreciation' 'to all the blood donors and to the volunteer workers. 4-H'ers Working For Better Communities A million and a half 4-H boys and girls throughout the nation1 are en gaged in community betterment pro- grains of health, recreation and safe ty, according to Guy I. Noble, direc tor of the National: 4-H Committee. "Through these matioavwide pro grams conducted by the Cooperative Extension' Service," Noble said, "44-irers learn how to live health fully, develop personal and com munity resources that make for im proved leisure time and happiness, and curtail accidents by removing safety hazards.". - . ." Awards for outstanding 4-H rec ords of achievement in the programs include medals of honor, all-expense trips to the 1953 National 4-H Club Congress .- in Chicago, and college scholarships. County Extension Agents will furnish complete infor mation on the programs. ,
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